Booking is open for the HEA’s second annual Arts and Humanities conference, Storyville: Exploring narratives of learning and teaching, in Brighton 29-30 May. At the heart of the Arts & Humanities disciplines sit stories. Stories are everywhere, and Storyville seeks to explore the intersections between narrative and learning and teaching. The conference will reflect the innovation in learning and teaching which is taking place in all Arts & Humanities discipline areas.
The two-day conference comprises workshops (varying from 15 – 180 minutes), and paper sessions. A new option for submissions was added to the programme, in the form of offering 'wildcard' sessions. These give presenters the option of more time as well as encouragement to be creative. As a consequence, the main programme contains workshops and papers covering topics such as the power of field visits in studying religion, and a practical session using archives. The longer, wildcard, sessions include a workshop on oral storytelling, in which participants will learn how to tell a story (and do it!) and a collaborative excursion into Brighton using processes of improvisation and the ‘non-institutional environment’ to assert the value of uncertainty, disorientation and intuition in teaching and learning.
Throughout Storyville runs a strong theme of sharing good practice. The conference aims to invigorate delegates, giving them a new awareness of stories and identity in their teaching. The full draft programme is available on the HEA website. Complete your booking form and read more about the conference at the HEA website. On Twitter, follow @HEA_AH and follow #storyville13 for conversation leading up to the conference.

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The Higher Education Academy (HEA) has appointed convenors, following a competitive process, to lead two Special Interest Groups (SIGs) on Internationalisation. Dr Gavin Bunting from the University of Wales will convene the Special Interest Group - Transnational Education, while Dr Sue Robson (Newcastle University), Dr Scott Burgess and Dr Diane Sloan (Northumbria University) will convene the Special Interest Group - Internationalisation of the Curriculum. The two SIGs reflect the operational priorities of the HEA’s internationalisation work:

1. Internationalisation of the curriculum: This SIG will build on the HEA’s inaugural group convened in 2011-12, focusing on effective learning and teaching policy and practice to enhance the student learning experience, for both the home and international students.
2. Transnational education: New for 2012-13, this SIG will focus on promoting high quality learning and teaching on overseas programmes. The group will bring together those in HE interested in either/both staff and student issues in transnational arrangements, whether ensuring equitable student learning experiences or teaching excellence.

The SIGs will run, in the first instance, till July 2013. Each SIG receives £4000 to facilitate its work. In return for the funding, each SIG will be expected to produce at least one practical output for the UK HE sector such as a resource, tool or guide  which will promote engagement in the theme of the SIG, encouraging the development of policy and/or practice or address one (or more) key issue(s). The HEA encourages staff of UK higher education institutions with a genuine interest in developing high quality learning and teaching for home and international students to join the SIGs. Members will need to commit to a number of meetings (face-to-face or virtual).

• To join the SIG – Transnational Education, email Dr Gavin Bunting at g.bunting@wales.ac.uk.
• To join the SIG – Internationalisation of the Curriculum, email Dr Sue Robson at heasig@newcastle.ac.uk.

Find out more about the HEA’s work on Internationalisation at the HEA website.

EUCIS-LLL welcomes the European Year of Citizens that gives a stronger focus to topics that are crucial for our organisations such as the recognition and validation of diplomas and qualifications. However, EUCIS-LLL vision on what European citizenship implies goes beyond and includes important topics such as education to (European) citizenship or civil dialogue and participatory democracy that are so crucial to re-connect citizens to the EU project especially one year before the European elections. EUCIS-LLL has just published its key messages on the European Year. They will be further discussed during its next Annual Conference to take place in Vilnius on 14 May 2013. EUCIS-LLL is also a member of the coalition of NGOs “European Year of Citizens 2013 Alliance“.

Open national-level competition is crucial to deriving maximum value from public money invested in research. Best-practice performance in this respect which all Member States should attain involves:
• Allocating funding through open calls for proposals, evaluated by panels of leading independent domestic and non-domestic experts (peer review) - this incites researchers to reach internationally-competitive levels of performance
• Assessing the quality of research-performing organisations and teams and their outputs as a basis for institutional funding decisions - peer review can form a part of such assessment and, in the long-term, lead to organisational change.
While the balance between these two approaches may vary, they should be at the core of research funding decisions in all Member States in order to overcome divergences in performance across the EU.
Member States are invited to:
• Introduce or enhance competitive funding through calls for proposals and institutional assessments as the main modes of allocating public funds to research and innovation, introducing legislative reforms if necessary
• Ensure that all public bodies responsible for allocating research funds apply the core principles of international peer review
The Commission will:
• Support mutual learning and the exchange of good practice between Member States on the removal of national legal and other barriers to ERA for the priorities set out in this Communication
• Support through the Smart Specialisation Platform Member States and regions in using Structural Funds to develop research capacity and smart specialisation strategies, including support to joint research programmes, in line with Cohesion Policy objectives
• Support ERA Chairs aimed at fostering structural change in institutions to raise their research quality to international levels of excellence.

European Day of Languages
Every year, 26 September is the day we celebrate Europe’s rich linguistic heritage – the EU’s 23 official languages, the 60 or so regional/minority languages, and the languages spoken by people who’ve come to Europe from other parts of the world.

NELLIP - Network of European Language Label Initiatives and Projects

Multilingual database for European Language Label

Teachers from all over Europe visit the BETT show to find out what’s new in the world of educational training and technology.
For the second year running, there will be a stand where visitors can find out more about eTwinning, the community for schools in Europe. They can talk to experts and teachers already involved, sign up for eTwinning and find partner schools in other European countries.
You can join in the eTwinning BETT discussion on Twitter by following @eTwinning_CSS or by using the hashtag #etwbett.
More about eTwinning.